I wanted to read this because 'In The Dream House' has been on my tbr for a long time now. Although both differ widely in their genre, I wanted to make myself familiar with Machado before going into it.

This did not disappoint, not even slightly. The first story, The Husband Stitch, is by far one of my favourites, not only of this collection but in general. My only complaint with these stories is that they lacked a sense of coherency. I would've liked it more if they would've wrapped up with more intelligence (not that they aren't already, to some extent), and maybe the purpose of them is ambiguity (then, I'm the dumb one here). But, yes, anyway, I loved these, and I really hope Machado decides to write a full-length fiction someday.